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    Antipathidae is a family of corals in the order Antipatharia, commonly known as black corals. They are generally considered a deep-water taxon; however...
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    zoologists in 1857, all species of Antipatharia were placed in the family Antipathidae. From 2001 to 2006, marine biologists Dennis Opresko and Tina Molodtsova...
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  • from conical to cylindrical and usually have conical tubercles. Unlike Antipathidae, species in this family are not notched or branched at the end. "Aphanipathidae"...
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    Antipathes dichotoma (category Antipathidae)
    Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Hexacorallia Order: Antipatharia Family: Antipathidae Genus: Antipathes Species: A. dichotoma Binomial name Antipathes dichotoma...
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  • Allopathes (category Antipathidae)
    Allopathes is a genus of corals in the family Antipathidae. It is characterized by several long stems protruding from a short, thick base with spines arranged...
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    Antipathes (category Antipathidae)
    Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Hexacorallia Order: Antipatharia Family: Antipathidae Genus: Antipathes Pallas, 1776 Species See Species section Synonyms Arachnopathes...
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    Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) classifies it as a genus of the family Antipathidae. Most commonly found in subtropic and tropic regions, this genus of coral...
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    Cirrhipathes (category Antipathidae)
    Cirrhipathes is a genus of black coral from the family Antipathidae. Coral species in this genus are commonly known as whip or wire corals because they...
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  • Allopathes desbonni (category Antipathidae)
    Allopathes desbonni is a species of coral in the family Antipathidae. It was described by Édouard Placide Duchassaing de Fontbressin and Giovanni Michelotti [it]...
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    Antipathes dendrochristos (category Antipathidae)
    Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Hexacorallia Order: Antipatharia Family: Antipathidae Genus: Antipathes Species: A. dendrochristos Binomial name Antipathes...
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    pairs in association with the wire coral species Cirrhipathes anguina (Antipathidae) at depths of between 3 and 45 metres (9.8 and 147.6 ft). These pairs...
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    The list of marine cnidarians of South Africa is a list of saltwater species that form a part of the cnidarian (Phylum Cnidaria) fauna of South Africa...
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